Schneider Electric

Business Development Manager, Energy Parks

Schneider Electric$161K — $242K *
Energy & Utilities
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8-12 years of sales experience in energy, utilities, or renewables sectors.
  • Proven success in managing complex, multi-stakeholder accounts.
  • Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, automation, and energy management.
  • Experience working with utilities, independent power producers, or renewable energy developers.
  • Advanced skills in Solution Selling and Customer-Centric Selling.
  • Ability to communicate client needs and manage strategic transactions effectively.
  • People management experience with a collaborative leadership style.

Responsibilities

  • Generate demand by identifying target buying committees and prioritizing pursuits.
  • Understand clients’ strategic priorities and respond with agility and efficiency.
  • Manage and identify the pipeline of opportunities across customer sub-segments.
  • Cultivate relationships between key customer personnel and senior executives.
  • Drive solution sales across Schneider Electric's electrical distribution portfolio.
  • Lead a virtual team to deliver integrated, customer-centric solutions.
  • Align with project delivery resources to ensure a positive customer experience.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance along with basic life coverage.
  • Flexible work arrangements and paid family leave options.
  • 12 holidays and 15 days of paid time off each year.
  • Competitive pay with incentives and a 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Support for professional growth through various learning platforms.
  • A collaborative workplace that promotes inclusion and recognition.
Full Job Description
This position requires a highly diplomatic business developer who excels at identifying, engaging, and converting high-potential prospects within the Utilities, Investors & Private Equity Firms, Power Generation equipment OEM's, and Independent Power Producers (IPP) landscape. The ideal candidate will pursue and build new relationships, narrow the scope of the ideal relationship profile prospects and engage, influence, and convert these prospects to value-based customers and/or partners. They will competently lead the overarching relationship strategy, parallel and highly prioritized operational plans, and the leadership and management of the extended pursuit team, plus any external partners and executive sponsors. This role will serve as the primary point of contact for critical customer relationships - a trusted advisor who drives strategy, innovation, and disruption to help achieve their desired business outcomes.

Our leadership is seeking a highly motivated and collaborative Business Leader capable of:

  • Seeking and fostering deep relationships with key client decision-makers, influencers, and executives.


  • Identify new business opportunities and successfully close strategic transactions with a key focus on Onsite Power generation and Behind the Meter applications.


  • Obtain internal alignment across diverse Lines of Business, with a focus on the Power Systems (i.e. Electrical Distribution Equipment).


  • Build & Execute the pursuit strategy to ensure the right pursuit team are in place and working towards delivering a rewarding customer experience.


Responsibilities

  • Demand generation, identify target buying committees, and prioritize pursuits.


  • Understanding the strategic priorities of clients and responding with agility, speed, efficiency, and effectiveness.


  • Identify and manage the pipeline of opportunities for all sub-segments that the customer covers.


  • strategic partner and supplier.


  • Coordinate the relationship between key customer personnel and SE senior executives


  • Drive solution sales across Schneider Electric's portfolio including Medium and Low Voltage electrical distribution, Motor Control Centers, Energy Management software solutions, Protection & Relays, and Lifecycle Services to optimize, automate, and digitize the electrical infrastructure.


  • Functionally lead and align a virtual team of BU sellers, technical experts, project managers, and partners to deliver integrated, customer-centric solutions.


  • Work with teams of Tendering Managers, Solution Architects and Project Managers to deliver solutions that solve customer needs.


  • Cultivating client, channel, and other external strategic relationships to drive large transformative deals and ecosystem-led growth development.


  • Align with project delivery resources to ensure a VIP customer experience throughout the sales, delivery, and service life cycle.


  • Develop relationships between SE and the account's key decision makers and position SE strategically as a


  • Management and interlock of internal stakeholders to ensure the right level of support for delivering the strategy and superior customer satisfaction.


Requirements/Attributes

  • 8-12 Years of experience in strategic and highly relationship-centric demonstrated sales success preferably in the energy, utilities, or renewables sectors.


  • Proven success in solution selling and managing complex, multi-stakeholder accounts.


  • Strong knowledge of electrical distribution, automation, energy management, and digital solutions.


  • Experience working with or selling to utilities, IPPs, or renewable energy developers.


  • Advanced experience in Solution Selling, Outcome-Based Selling, and Customer-Centric Selling.


  • Strong ability to understand & navigate complex requirements, clearly communicate client needs, challenge the client on solutions, and close a strategic transaction.


  • People management experience with a coaching and collaborative team-oriented leadership style.


  • Proven track record at acquiring new business.


What's in it for me?
  • High-impact role where your work directly influences organizational success and customer outcomes
  • Opportunity to build relationships with senior leaders and shape strategic direction
  • Access to cross-functional resources, expert networks, and cutting-edge solutions
  • Supportive culture that invests in your professional growth and development

Join us and lead the way in delivering solutions that matter - apply today!

For this U.S. based position, the expected pay range is USD 161,600 - USD 242,400 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you'll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.

Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.

Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.

Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.

Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values - Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork - starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric - apply today!

€40 billion global revenue
+9% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

About Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric is a multinational corporation that specializes in energy management and automation solutions. The company was founded in 1836 and is headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France. Schneider Electric offers a wide range of products and services including electrical distribution, automation and control, and energy management. The company operates in over 100 countries and has a strong presence in the industrial and commercial sectors. Schneider Electric is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets to reduce its environmental impact. The company has received numerous awards for its sustainability efforts and is recognized as a leader in the industry.
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